New Coronavirus Cases Surge In Alameda County, 4 New Deaths

ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA — Alameda County health officials reported grim statistics on Tuesday when they announced 4 new coronavirus related deaths, and 492 newly confirmed cases.

The total number of cases in the county since the start of the pandemic is now 8,321, while deaths have risen to 152.

As those numbers were sinking in, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to support a COVID-19 variance attestation that county public health officials will submit to the state. If approved, it would allow the zoo to reopen and outdoor dining to resume in the county.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom announced strict new health orders on Monday, he cited several reasons including rising cases that can't be attributed to more testing, an increase in hospitalizations, and intensive care admissions. Here in Alameda County, there are now 150 people hospitalized for complications from coronavirus, including 50 in intensive care.

Roughly 60 percent of the state's hospital beds are currently full, and state officials are concerned by rising ICU admissions.

"And as a consequence, we wanted to be prepared for those conditions — based on the trend lines, based on the data, based on the science — to modify our stay-home order," Newsom said.

In addition to restaurants, theaters, wineries, zoos and museums being ordered to close indoor operations in all counties, effective immediately, Alameda is on the "Watch List" because of surging statistics, so even more restrictions were ordered here including closing hair salons and barbershops, gyms and fitness centers, indoor protests, worship services, nonessential offices and shopping malls.

Here is the latest zip code map, showing case rates per 100,000 population.

Here is a breakdown of cases by city:

• Alameda: 131
• Albany: 21
• Berkeley: 278
• Castro Valley: 239
• Dublin: 84
• Eden Area MAC (Ashland, Cherryland, Hayward Acres, San Lorenzo): 502
• Emeryville: 38
• Fairview: 75
• Fremont: 425
• Hayward: 1277
• Livermore: 318
• Newark: 211
• Oakland: 3172
• Piedmont: 17
• Pleasanton: 165
• San Leandro: 419
• Sunol: <10
• Union City: 263

The homeless, jail inmates, and some other cases are separate, so the above numbers will not add up to 8,321.

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